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Veteran
pianist (and longtime
sideman)
-- known professionally as
-- has had a renaissance of sorts in the past decade, releasing three albums on
, and now this one,
, on
.
is a throwback to the classic
piano style, and his warm, expressive vocals fall somewhere between a hoarse
and a latter-day
, while his songwriting, although hardly innovative, is solid and workmanlike, avoiding most of the obvious
cliches. His intent isn't to move
into the 21st century so much as preserve the way it was played in Chicago in the 1950s (where
played alongside the likes of
,
, and
), and he succeeds wonderfully on original tracks here like his signature tune,
and
as well as a nice cover of
's
The disc also includes a Quicktime video of
, along with a short interview. Fans of vintage
piano will find this collection a delight, while listeners looking for gutbucket electric guitar leads will be better served turning elsewhere. ~ Steve Leggett